Usually, the Chinese New Year Day is around early February. 2009 Chinese New
Year Day is on January 26, 2009 in China time zone. It comes easier this
year. In order to adjust the lunar and solar cycles, Chinese Lunar Calendar adds
a extra lunar 5th month in 2009. The next Chinese New Year Day is on February
14, 2010.

Year 2009 is a Chinese Brown Earth (Soil) Cow Year. Why did the Chinese name
the year 2009 as the Brown Earth Cow Year?Chinese calendar used the Stem-Branch system to count the days, months and years. There are 10 Stems and 12 Branches in
this system. Stems are named by the Yin-Yang and Five Elements (Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth). The Stem sequence order is
Yang Wood, Yin Wood, Yang Fire, Yin Fire, Yang Earth, Yin Earth, Yang Metal, Yin Metal, Yang Water and Yin Water. Branches use the animal names.

The Branch sequence order is
Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Chicken, Dog and Pig. Stem and Branch are used together to form a cycle of 60 counting systems which begin
with Wooden Rat and end with
Water Pig. You can see the entire sequence from the Chinese New Year's page. From 1924 to 1983 is a complete cycle. Year 2009 is
Female Earth Cow , the 26th of the Stem-Branch in the system. Because
Earth is equivalent to the color Brown in the Five-Element system,
Year 2009 is also called the Brown Cow year.

The Chinese New Year day is on
January 26, 2009. This day is a new moon day, it is the first day of the first Chinese lunar month
in the Chinese Lunar Calendar system. The exact new moon time is at 15:55 on
26-Jan-09 in China time zone.

If we apply Chinese lunar calendar system on the
USA time zones, we find something interesting here. In the US Eastern Standard
Time (EST), the new moon time is at 02:55 of 1-26-09. In the US Pacific Standard
Time (PST), the new moon time is at 23:55 of 1-25-09. Therefore, the Chinese New
Year day for USA PST time zones is on January 25, 2009.

The new
moon time is at 07:55 on 1-26-09 of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and at 08:55 on
1-26-09 of Time Zone GMT+1. That means Chinese New
Year day is same to China for European countries.

The Year 2009 (Brown
Cow) is the 4706th Chinese year. The Chinese believe that the first king of China was the Yellow King (he was not the
first emperor of China). The Yellow King became king in 2697 B.C., therefore China will enter the
4706th year on February 4th, 2009. Also, the Chinese Year uses the cycle of 60 Stem-Branch counting systems and the
Brown Cow is the
26th Stem-Branch in the cycle. Since 4706 = (60 *78) + 26, therefore this Brown
Cow Year is the
4706th Chinese Year.

Some web sites say the year 2009 is the 4707th Chinese year. If you cannot
find the explanation, here is a possible answer for you: The Yellow King's
inauguration was held in the spring of 2697 B.C. But the day that was used as
the first day of the year was the winter solstice, which was around December 23rd, 2698 B.C. Today's January 1st meant nothing to
the Yellow King. If we count that extra eight days in 2698 B.C., then year 2009 is the 4707th Chinese year.

The First Day of Brown Cow Astrology Year

In China's time zone, the first day of the Brow Cow Year is February 4th,
2009, because February 4th, 2009 is the first day of Tiger month and the Tiger month is the first month of
the year in Chinese Fortune-Telling Calendar system.

In the Chinese Fortune-Telling calendar, the first day of the first month, Tiger month, is called "Start of Spring", which is when the sun enters
the 315th degree on the tropical zodiac. In the China's time zone, the time of
the Start of Spring
is at Feb-04 00:49. So the first day of the Brown Cow year 2009 is on 04-Feb-09.

The time of the Start of Spring is on
Feb-03 at 11:49 for US EST zone and on Feb-03 at
08:49 for US PST zone. So the first day of Brown Cow Year in USA is on
03-Feb-09.

People born in late January or early February may be confused about their birth
year Chinese astrology animal signs. This is because it is a common
misconception that the astrology
animal signs begin on the Chinese New Year day. Actually, Astrology animal signs are
base on the Start of Spring,the first day of astrology year. For example,
if a baby was born after the Chinese New Year Day and before Feb-04 2009,
then its animal sign is the Rat, not Cow because the birthday is before the Start of Spring.
If you are still confused about your animal sign, we have
an Animal Sign page for people to verify their
Chinese birth year animal signs.

Chinese Lunar Calendar - Leap 5th Month

Every 19 years has 228 solar months and 235 lunar months. Therefore, Chinese
Lunar Calendar needs extra 7 lunar months in 19 years in order to match up solar
and lunar cycles. That means every three years must need an extra lunar month.
That extra month is called Leap (intercalary) month.

To forecast
our luck in the coming years, we first have to know what elements and animals are in our
Birth Chart from Find Your Lucky Element page.

2009 is the year of
Female Brown Cow. Brown is equivalent to Earth in Five Element theory. The major
element in Cow is Earth, too. That means Earth comes in 2009 very strong.

If your lucky element is Earth, then you will have a very good 2009 year. If
Earth represents your money, then your money luck will bring you a big fortune.
If Earth is related to your job, then will have a good career luck in 2009.

On the contrary, if Earth are your unlucky element, then 2009 will be a tough
year for you. If Earth is money to you, then you will have a financial trouble,
If Earth represents career to you, then will feel lots of pressure from your job
in 2009.

Earth is the mother (supporting) element of Metal. If your lucky element is
Metal, then you will have a great year too. If Metal is your unlucky element,
then 2009 won't be a peaceful year to you.

Special Earth Relationship

If the Earth or Metal are your lucky element or unlucky element, then you
have to check any Special Earth Relationship between 2009 Female Earth Cow and
your Birth Chart as well as your
Current Major Cycle. Those relationships can make you even luckier or bring
you poorer luck in 2009.

If Rat
is found in your Birth Chart or Current Major Cycle, then Earth will become even
stronger, because Rat and Cow together have the
Attraction Relationship into Earth. If
your lucky element is Earth, then you must have a great year 2009. If Water is
your lucky element, then the trouble in 2009 is expecting.

If Sheep
is found in your Birth Chart or Current Major Cycle, then Earth will become more
powerful, because Sheep and Cow together have the
Fighting Relationship. When they fight, both of them fill with Earth
energy.
This is a plus sign for Lucky Element Earth people.

If Female Water
is found in your Birth Chart or Current Major Cycle, then Metal will become
stronger, because Chicken and Cow together have the
Attraction Relationship into Metal.
The Lucky Element Metal people will get benefit in 2009.

If Female Water
is found in your Birth Chart or Current Major Cycle, then Lucky Element Fire
people will gain some good luck in 2009. This is because Female Water and
Male Earth together have the
Attraction Relationship into Fire. The
following link contains the detail predictions for 2009 including monthly
cycles.

People are always interested to know which days their luck will come. The answer is that we
need to study the Stems and Branches relationships among Daily, Monthly, Yearly,
Current Major Cycles and the Birth Chart to determine if the good luck will come
or not.

There is an easy and simple way to find your really lucky day. First, the
current Year must mainly contain your Lucky Element. Next, you look for the
Month mainly contains your Lucky Element in the Stem and Branch systems. Then
look for days that will contain mainly your Lucky Element. The theory is that
Year brings Lucky Element into the Month; Month gathers the energy of Lucky
Element and Day triggers the luck out. To find the Five Elements on certain
month or date in from the following links. The easy way is from Chinese Fortune Angel astrology software.

It requires many steps to foresee your fortune from our web site. To make it
easy for you, we have created a Free Daily Chinese Astrology for you. When 2009 comes, then you can see the
Chinese Astrology prediction for your daily, monthly and yearly cycles. Our Chinese Astrology focuses on your Money, Career and
Fame.

You are welcome to visit our site daily. We recommend that you come to check
your fortune every month.